[cyncooper]

Is it just me, or am I being reminded of a certain Reagan son here for a REASON?

It is not just you. I see another reason Maggie and Ronnie had for their bond---nutty progeny.

[TopQuark]

"Ronnie" does not strike me as even a decent, let alone good, parent. He was a good governor and president, buy a lousy parent.

Even Nancy says that he was very aloof and there were parts of him that she could never reach. That, incidentally, may explain in part their great love to each other.